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ridge writing -- "attorney general john ashcroft strongly urged an increase in the threat delve and was supported by donald rumsfeld. there was no support for that decision in our department. i wondered is this about security or politics?" mr. ashcroft saying, didn't happen. now would be a good time for mr. ridge to use his emergency duct tape. from mr. rumsfeld's office, more of an attempt in a statement that reads, a storyline seemingly to sell copies of the book is nonsense. in his defense, incredibly, rumsfeld quotes frequently and at length osama bin laden. given those facts, the statement continues as if there were facts, it would seem reasonable for senior administration officials to discuss the threat level, talking about the time before the 2004 election, it would have been irresponsible to had that discussion not taken place. all of that carefully missing the point. mr. ridge knew the discussion had to take place after a new bin laden tape was released. he writes about that at length. most notably, the timing of the tape may have been a surprise, the content was not. from sept
ridge writing -- "attorney general john ashcroft strongly urged an increase in the threat delve and was supported by donald rumsfeld. there was no support for that decision in our department. i wondered is this about security or politics?" mr. ashcroft saying, didn't happen. now would be a good time for mr. ridge to use his emergency duct tape. from mr. rumsfeld's office, more of an attempt in a statement that reads, a storyline seemingly to sell copies of the book is nonsense. in his...
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prisons it started with ted kennedy knowing what the right thing was and john ashcroft having no idea and he was just that kind of guy that's going to be a huge loss for all of us. >> well, ben, let's listen to ted kennedy talking about the inheritance, the desegregation movement from his brother, from his older brother, jack kennedy. >> my brother was the first president of the united states to state publicly that segregation was morally wrong. his heart and his soul are in this bill. his life and death had a meaning that we should not hate but love one another. we should use our powers not to create conditions of oppression that lead to violence but conditions of freedom that lead to peace. >> that, of course, was ted kennedy talking about the landmark civil rights bill in 1964 when the president was lyndon johnson and of course this was only a few months after the dreadful assassination. ben, who is going to be the leader in the senate for all of these issues? can you see anyone on the horizon? >> you know, there are great people. there are folks like chuck schumer who are good on
prisons it started with ted kennedy knowing what the right thing was and john ashcroft having no idea and he was just that kind of guy that's going to be a huge loss for all of us. >> well, ben, let's listen to ted kennedy talking about the inheritance, the desegregation movement from his brother, from his older brother, jack kennedy. >> my brother was the first president of the united states to state publicly that segregation was morally wrong. his heart and his soul are in this...
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ashcroft are trying to dismiss the accusation, or at least people speaking for them are. but a lot of people aren't, of course, buying the denials. ridge's account of what happened only confirms what bush critics on iraq and related issues always believed, that the white house politicized the terror threat to scare people into voting republican. >>> plus, what's going on with health care reform? opponents are saying president obama is pushing big government. that he's moving the country towards socialism while liberals argue he's not moving left enough ands
ashcroft are trying to dismiss the accusation, or at least people speaking for them are. but a lot of people aren't, of course, buying the denials. ridge's account of what happened only confirms what bush critics on iraq and related issues always believed, that the white house politicized the terror threat to scare people into voting republican. >>> plus, what's going on with health care reform? opponents are saying president obama is pushing big government. that he's moving the...
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attorney general john ashcroft strongly urged an increase in the threat level supported by donald rumsfeld. there was no support for that position within our department, none. i wondered is this about security or politics." post-election analysis demonstrated a significant increase in the president's approval rating in the days after the raising of the threat level." the position of dhs ultimately prevailed because the white house staff agreed that raising the threat level could look plilgly motivated and said "i believe it pulled the go i've-up advocates back from the brnik. but politics, fear, credibility and security, after that episode i knew i had to follow through with my plans to leave the federal government." mr. ridge also claims that his department was justified in raising the terror threat level to orange in august of 2004 for the financial centers in new york, new jersey and washington. the warning had come just three days after the democratic national convention and it soon became evident that the evidence supporting that warning was about four years old and largely out of dat
attorney general john ashcroft strongly urged an increase in the threat level supported by donald rumsfeld. there was no support for that position within our department, none. i wondered is this about security or politics." post-election analysis demonstrated a significant increase in the president's approval rating in the days after the raising of the threat level." the position of dhs ultimately prevailed because the white house staff agreed that raising the threat level could look...
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. >> john ashcroft reveals an american named jose pedestrian i will padilla aarrest didilla i. psychiatrists find padilla is so trauma tiesed he's no longer mentally fit to stand trial. he is nonetheless convicted of conspiracy. but he is never tried, nor even charged with any so-called dirty bombs nor with attempted terrorism in the united states. number three, february 5th, 2003, secretary state powell sells the u.n. security council of iraq's concealed weapons including 18 mobile biological weapons laboratories justifying a u.n. or u.s. first strike. many in the u.n. are doubtful. months later, much of the information proves untrue. february 7th, 2003, two days later, anti-war demonstrations protesting the imminent invasion of iraq continue to take place around the globe. >> take some time to prepare for the emergency. >> homeland security secretary ridge cites credible threats by al qaeda and raises the terror alert level to orange. three days after that, prior administrator who had become the acting head of fema after the hurricane katrina disaster advises americans to sto
. >> john ashcroft reveals an american named jose pedestrian i will padilla aarrest didilla i. psychiatrists find padilla is so trauma tiesed he's no longer mentally fit to stand trial. he is nonetheless convicted of conspiracy. but he is never tried, nor even charged with any so-called dirty bombs nor with attempted terrorism in the united states. number three, february 5th, 2003, secretary state powell sells the u.n. security council of iraq's concealed weapons including 18 mobile...
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he alleged a few days before the 2004 election he was pressured by john ashcroft, donald rumsfeld, and perhaps other hs in the bush cabinet to raise the terror alert. he thinks it it was perhaps for political purposes. do you believe tom ridge or donald rumsfeld? >> this is a tough one. you know, there's part of me that wonders is this a publicist going out there and really trying to gin up support for a book that maybe is not going to be as exciting as it's been promoted? on the other hand, i have a lot of respect for tom ridge. he's a guy i was really actually hoping john mccain would pick as his vice presidential candidate, and, you know, if i was going to pick between the two, i would side with ridge over rumsfeld. >> isn't that troubling then that even you, a republican -- >> you bet -- >> think ridge is probably telling the truth which means the bush white house played politics with the terror alerts? >> well, you know, again, i'm not going to discount what governor ridge said, and i'm really curious to see what's the context, you know. again, it's one thing for a publicist to pu
he alleged a few days before the 2004 election he was pressured by john ashcroft, donald rumsfeld, and perhaps other hs in the bush cabinet to raise the terror alert. he thinks it it was perhaps for political purposes. do you believe tom ridge or donald rumsfeld? >> this is a tough one. you know, there's part of me that wonders is this a publicist going out there and really trying to gin up support for a book that maybe is not going to be as exciting as it's been promoted? on the other...
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that he was pressured by top bush administration officials, including secretary donald rumsfeld and john ashcroft, to raise the terror threat level from yellow to orange the weekend before the 2004 re-election election. re-elections of the presidency for president bush that is. in other words, the bush team tried to manipulate hype, if you will, the terror eye letter level to invite panic and win votes right before his re-election tuesday. we'll get all that in tonight. >>> also tonight, has president obama gone to original alert in his health care reform push? today's "wall street journal" reports that the white house and democrats are considering splitting the health care reform bill into two parts so they can ram through the public option part solely with democratic votes. michael smerconish did his radio talk show today with the president in the white house. he joins us later. >>> a lot of president obama's supporters are unhappy with the way he's handled the health care debate. our own roger simon said instead of drawing a line in the sand, mr. obama has drawn a squiggle in the mud.
that he was pressured by top bush administration officials, including secretary donald rumsfeld and john ashcroft, to raise the terror threat level from yellow to orange the weekend before the 2004 re-election election. re-elections of the presidency for president bush that is. in other words, the bush team tried to manipulate hype, if you will, the terror eye letter level to invite panic and win votes right before his re-election tuesday. we'll get all that in tonight. >>> also...
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ashcroft, the attorney general, tried to politicize the national threat alert on the weekend before the 2004 bush re-election. u.s. congressman joe sestak joins us from philadelphia. you were admiral in the navy working at the pentagon at the time. what do you make of this? this is in the book, by the way. it's not put out by some publicist. it's in the text of the book. tom ridge, former u.s. congressman, former combat veterans of vietnam, all kinds of awards as a warrior, he's real. what do you make of this? >> he is real, and this is a disappointment, that the security of the united states can become a political football is unacceptable. on the bigger picture, when you see that we have had an administration that politicized everything from attorney general's elections over to intelligence and the selection of it to go into a war, you begin to understand rapidly why, one, people really do believe even if they don't know tom ridge, why this is probably true, and, second, why so many have lost faith in washington, d.c., and their politicians. where principle is after politics. >> do
ashcroft, the attorney general, tried to politicize the national threat alert on the weekend before the 2004 bush re-election. u.s. congressman joe sestak joins us from philadelphia. you were admiral in the navy working at the pentagon at the time. what do you make of this? this is in the book, by the way. it's not put out by some publicist. it's in the text of the book. tom ridge, former u.s. congressman, former combat veterans of vietnam, all kinds of awards as a warrior, he's real. what do...
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that he was pressured by top bush administration officials, including secretary donald rumsfeld and john ashcroft, to raise the terror threat level from yellow to orange the weekend before the 2004 re-election election. re-election of the presidency for president bush that is. in other words, the bush team tried to manipulate hype, if you will, the terror alert level to invite panic and win votes right before his re-election tuesday. we'll get all that in tonight. >>> also tonight, has president obama gone to orange alert in his health care reform push? today's "wall street journal" reports that the white house and democrats are considering splitting the health care reform bill into two parts so they can ram through the public option part solely with democratic votes. michael smerconish did his radio talk show today with the president in the white house. he joins us later. >>> a lot of president obama's supporters are unhappy with the way he's handled the health care debate. our own roger simon said instead of drawing a line in the sand, mr. obama has drawn a squiggle in the mud. we'll b
that he was pressured by top bush administration officials, including secretary donald rumsfeld and john ashcroft, to raise the terror threat level from yellow to orange the weekend before the 2004 re-election election. re-election of the presidency for president bush that is. in other words, the bush team tried to manipulate hype, if you will, the terror alert level to invite panic and win votes right before his re-election tuesday. we'll get all that in tonight. >>> also tonight, has...
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he is saying john ashcroft and drufed pressured him in the days leading up to the 2004 election to raise the national security alert level higher than he thought was warranted. what do you think of these allegations? >> number one, tom ridge was an excellent governor. an excellent public servant. i believe him. but i regret the fact that he waited until now to say it. if, in fact, that is what happened. his veteran instinct would have been to say it immediately and get out and to say this is a wrong thing. of course, that way he could have blunted the false implication of the message. this way, waiting until now, it's not as effective, it's not a useful. >> do you ever see -- i mean, we all wish for that, but have you seen very often people stand newspaper the moment and speak out? are there examples on your mind? >> watergate. attorney general. >> elliott richardson? >> right. saying this is wrong. i'm out of here. yeah. it's been done. it takes a lot to do it, i think, because you're a member of a party, a member of the team, you don't want to injure them too much at the time. colin po
he is saying john ashcroft and drufed pressured him in the days leading up to the 2004 election to raise the national security alert level higher than he thought was warranted. what do you think of these allegations? >> number one, tom ridge was an excellent governor. an excellent public servant. i believe him. but i regret the fact that he waited until now to say it. if, in fact, that is what happened. his veteran instinct would have been to say it immediately and get out and to say this...
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that he was pressured by top bush administration officials, including secretary donald rumsfeld and john ashcroft, to raise the terror threat level from yellow to orange the weekend before the 2004 re-election election. re-elections of the presidency for president bush that is. in other words, the bush team tried to manipulate hype, if you will, the terror eye letter level to invite panic and win votes right before his re-election tuesday. we'll get all that in tonight. >>> also tonight, has president obama gone to original alert in his health care reform push? today's "wall street journal" reports that the white house and democrats are considering splitting the health care reform bill into two parts so they can ram through the public option part solely with democratic votes. michael smerconish did his radio talk show today with the president in the white house. he joins us later. >>> a lot of president obama's supporters are unhappy with the way he's handled the health care debate. our own roger simon said instead of drawing a line in the sand, mr. obama has drawn a squiggle in the mud.
that he was pressured by top bush administration officials, including secretary donald rumsfeld and john ashcroft, to raise the terror threat level from yellow to orange the weekend before the 2004 re-election election. re-elections of the presidency for president bush that is. in other words, the bush team tried to manipulate hype, if you will, the terror eye letter level to invite panic and win votes right before his re-election tuesday. we'll get all that in tonight. >>> also...
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john ashcroft strongly urged an increase in the threat level and was supported by rumsfeld. there was absolutely no support for that position within our department. none. i wondered is this about security or politics? post-election analysis demonstrated a significant approval rating in the days after raising the threat level." a spokesperson for donald rumsfeld call says it was irresponsible not to discuss the alert levels. no analysis from you? >> well, you are so on fire. we're all just staring at you. >> i am very mad because i will tell you that i have friends who went into the polling booths and said things to me like i was holding my baby and i was just worried about the security of our country and then i pulled the lever for george w. bush. i was worried about the pucurity of our country. so i guess it worked. >> does it make you feel better that tom ridge said -- >> i think it's terrific just like scott mcclellan that he has a book later. after the fact. for him, actually. >> joe, any -- >> i don't want to talk and then be yelled at. >> you can talk, go ahead. i woul
john ashcroft strongly urged an increase in the threat level and was supported by rumsfeld. there was absolutely no support for that position within our department. none. i wondered is this about security or politics? post-election analysis demonstrated a significant approval rating in the days after raising the threat level." a spokesperson for donald rumsfeld call says it was irresponsible not to discuss the alert levels. no analysis from you? >> well, you are so on fire. we're all...